Good morning,
I did not get these, but just in case, here is the original posting for 292. I, too, have gotten things that weren't what they were listed as. It's fun seeing what they DO turn into, though!
Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not
specify quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address,
too, in case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come,
first served system. When you receive your seeds/bulbs you will find,
included with them, a statement of how much money (usually $2.00/share of
seeds or $3 -$5/ share of bulbs)(cash, check, or Pay Pal to
<pbs.treasury@verizon.net>; no money orders, please) you should send the PBS
treasurer to defray our costs for packing and first-class, priority-mail, or
international postage.
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ON EACH ORDER FROM PBS BX OFFERINGS.
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If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the PBS,(Donors
will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their donations.),
please send CLEAN, clearly labeled plant materials to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
Non US donors should contact me for instructions before sending seeds.
I WILL REPLY TO YOU WITHIN 24 HRS OF MY RECEIPT OF YOUR ORDER.
IF YOU DO NOT HEAR FROM ME, TRY AGAIN !!
From Mike Mace: (most supplies are quite limited)
Unless otherwise indicated, these are all small corms/bulbs.
1. Allium unifolium
2. Anomatheca sp - tan and white. From Kew.
3. Babiana curviscapa
4. Babiana rubrocyanea
5. Crocus laevigatus
6. Ferraria #6. Distributed without name by the IBS. Has never bloomed for
me. Let me know if you get it to bloom.
7. Ferraria #8. Originally distributed by the IBS without names, this one
looks like a cream and brown form of F. crispa. Nice!
8. Ferraria #9. Originally distributed by the IBS without names, this one
looks like an olive-colored F. crispa.
9. Ferraria crispa ssp. nortieri
10. Ferraria divaricata v. arenosa
11. Ferraria schaferi
12. Freesia leichtlinii
13. Geissorhiza inequalis
14. Gladiolus quadrangulus - originally from the IBS.
16. Gladiolus splendens
17. Gladiolus tristis - corms. Typical dark markings.
18. Gladiolus tristis - plain form without markings.
19. Ipheion uniflorum
20. Ipheion uniflorum 'Rolfe Fiedler' Originally from Siskiyou Rare Plants
21. Ixia flexuosa, pink. Originally from Jim Duggan.
22. Ixia maculata. Originally from IBSA.
23. Ixia pumilio
24. Ixia trifolia - source information lost
25. Ixia trifolia - corms grown from seed supplied by Silverhill
26. Lapeirousia oreogena
27. Moraea vespertina. Maybe the first time this has been offered on the
BX. Bob Werra very kindly gave me a small pot of this one, warning me that
it would actually grow better in the ground. I thought I was getting a
couple of corms but when I unpotted it I found a number of vigorous corms
and many small offsets. You're getting the offsets. The mature corms are
much larger than your usual Moraea, and dive deep, like a Watsonia. Also
like a Watsonia, they need room in order to flower. These are
winter-rainfall, summer-dry plants that grow in clay in nature. If you
can't grow them in the ground, I recommend trying a very deep pot.
28. Muscari muscarimi
29. Narcissus elegans - seed. Orange-green corona.
30. Narcissus romieuxii
31. Odontostomum hartwegii
32. Romulea camerooniana (campanuliodes). Pink form. Although these are
summer-growers in the wild, for me they have adapted to a winter growing
schedule, blooming in early summer (around May) and then going dormant in
June. Reliable and vigorous.
33. Romulea citrina
34. Romulea tabularis
35. Triteleia hyacinthia
36. Watsonia aletroides - pink. Grown from Kirstenbosch seeds. Just one
corm.
37. Watsonia meriana - one corm (sorry)
38. Watsonia vanderspuyiae (grown from seed supplied by Silverhill)
From Alberto Castillo:
39. Bulbs of Oziroe arida (S). The family Hyacinthaceae with so many species
in Eurasia and Africa is absent in the Americas except for one small genus
with four or five species, Oziroe (Fortunatia, Camassia) from warm areas of
Chlle and Argentina. They demand full sun, deep planting and hot growing
conditions. In O. arida flowering is in late spring/summer. Flowers are
small and white and the plants resemble droughtland SA Ornithogalums. These
bulbs have just finished their dormancy (in the Southern Hemisphere) and
must be started at once (in the Northern Hemisphere). Grow during your
autumn under warm conditions and then let them go dormant for the winter. In
your late Spring start them by gradual watering to fix them to their normal
dry winter dormancy pattern. Propagation is from seed and slow offsetting.
From Richard Smith: (Small corms)
40. Moraea aristata
41. Moraea hybrids, yellows and oranges
42. Moraea lurida
43. Moraea vegeta
44. Moraea villosa, 'Champagne Ice' strain
45. Moraea sisyrinchium
Thank you, Mike, Alberto, and Richard !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX